Vfg clicks again

Competitions The Selection vfg, the Swiss photography prize for professional photography, has been re-launched. The competition is again endowed with the Magazine Photo Prize (CHF 10,000), the SonntagsZeitung Photo Prize (CHF 5,000) and the EWZ Audience Prize (CHF 1,000). The closing date for entries is January 15, 2007. The documents and regulations can be found at www.the-selection.ch. The Selection vfg photo prize is the best selection and annual documentation of Swiss professional photography. An international and professionally broad-based jury evaluates the submitted images and selects the 18 best works. The jury includes Anne Barrault, gallery owner, Paris; Flor Garduno, photographer, Stabio; Margot Klingsporn, Focus Agency, Hamburg; Benno Maggi, AD NZZ-Folio; Michel Mallard, Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères, Paris; Axel Martens, photographer, Hamburg. The selected works will be presented in a catalog and, after the traditional Opening Night on May 4, will also be shown in an exhibition at the EWZ Selnau substation.
With the ninth call for entries, The Selection vfg is switching to digital online submission of image material and making all works accessible on the Internet. Last year, 450 works with 3000 images were submitted.
The new "Cash&Carry" tool opens up sales opportunities for photographers. A Preview Day on February 1, the evening before the judging, also provides 600 contacts to 100 professionals from the image industry each year.   
 
Andreas Panzeri